Aktuala (album) explained

Aktuala
Type:	studio
Artist:	Aktuala
Cover:	Album_Aktuala_cover.jpg
Alt:	Front cover of album Aktuala by artist Aktuala
Label:	Bla Bla
Next Title:	La Terra
Next Year:	1974

Aktuala is the first studio album by Italian world music pioneers Aktuala and was released on Bla Bla records in 1972.

The inner sleeve of the record (depicted on Maoli's site below) features the large range of instruments used.^[1] Part of the point of the recording record was to make music that was "multicultural for the global village and escape the global 12-note even temperament monoculture" (nella pluricultura del villaggio globale, affinché non si arrivi ad una monocultura, standardizzata global, dettata da un'unica scala temperata di 12 note.)^{[2] [3] [4] [5]}

Musicians

• Walter Maioli: Arabian oboe, bamboo flute, bass flute, piccolo, metal flute in C, harmonica, reeds, whistles, djembe, percussion
• Daniele Cavallanti: soprano sax, tenor sax, clarinet
• Antonio Cerantola: 6-string acoustic guitar, 12-string acoustic guitar, balalaika, zither, dulcimer, viola, violin
• Lino “Capra” Vaccina: Moroccan bongos, koborò, African drums, tabla, gong, xylophone, whistles, cymbals, musical bow, marimba, percussion
• Laura Maioli: tambura, percussion, whistles

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Tracks

1. "When The Light Began"
2. "Mammoth R.C."
3. "Altamira"
4. "Sarah′ Ngwega"
5. "Alef′s Dance"
6. "Dejanira"

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External links

• Page at italianprog.com
• Page at Prog archives

Notes and References

1. Maoli's web site
2. Web site: AKTUALA. progarchives.com. 20 October 2013.
3. Web site: Aktuala. discogs.com. 20 October 2013.
4. Web site: AKTUALA. italianprog.com. 20 October 2013.
5. Web site: Thomson. Dave. Artist Biography by Dave Thompson. allmusic.com. 20 October 2013.
6. 1992 CD reissue notes